INTRODUCTION
"Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical." These words were once said by Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks Corporation, an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain with 27,339 locations worldwide.
It was this same thinking that Missy Conway used in taking that giant leap of faith when she left her secure, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. real estate job to open her very own Conway Real Estate in the Baltimore, Maryland in the United States of America. Conway, a mixed Trinidadian woman living in Baltimore defied the odds of being successful in the shadow of mostly powerful white business empires.
Born in South Oropouche, Trinidad, Conway worked hard throughout her school years and after completing
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In 2012, she decided to “I kicked it up a notch.”
Since all realtors and salespersons must affiliate with a broker in order to sell real estate in Maryland, Conway didn’t just acquire a Broker’s license, but the highest real estate license in Maryland and started the company as both the owner and broker.
But in looking at what led her to this point, she explained that her background and experience was crucial to her goals. In her younger years, Conway was an expert with numbers and analysis and worked as an actuary: a profession that deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty.
From 1999 to 2004, she gained experience at Prudential Financial and Old Mutual Life Insurance. From there, she decided to follow the passion she developed for real estate and in 2005, she went to Coldwell Banker. In 2004 she moved across town to YWGC Realty until 2012 when she decided to start her own company. With her experience, qualification and knowledge in actuary science and real estate, Conway was able to analyse the risk of setting up Conway Real Estate as well as the financial planning necessary to get the business off the